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LetMyPeopleVote

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6. trump wants Greenland because it would make him feel important

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 04:12 PM

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Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:

When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: â€œBecause thatâ€™s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) 2026-01-09T05:56:55.020Z

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Maddowblog-Trump says he wants Greenland because it's 'psychologically needed for success' [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Saturday OP

Trump needs it so HE can feel successful and like a big man. Irish_Dem Saturday #1

;-{).......... Goonch Saturday #2

Psychological in a way like when Drumpf gets two scoops. Kid Berwyn Saturday #3

Your military sons and daughters are sacrificed for Ilsa Saturday #4

Get this fucking head case away from our government NOW Blues Heron Saturday #5

trump wants Greenland because it would make him feel important LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #6

America First. It's a cookbook! C_U_L8R Saturday #7

Ludicrously insane, even by trump standards. Paladin Saturday #8

Why would Greenlanders belpejic Saturday #9

Greenland is NOT trump's for the taking LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #10

"Hey, I need Kuwait for psychological success."-- the formerly departed Saddam Hussein RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sunday #11

Like I said in another post he wants it for his ego LostOne4Ever Sunday #12

I think its primarily a size thing with this imbecile. Borogove Sunday #13